Check Engine Light

There is a filter located at the lest rear of the fuel tank

I had the same thing happen , i just kept driving it and it cleared itself!

Shut off and warm. Cleaning the engine compartment is not that difficult and unless you are a perfectionist or plan to enter the vehicle in Concours d'Elegance competition, it does not require much elbow grease. First, warm up the engine for a few minutes. This will help soften the grease and crud. However, do not let the engine get hot. Never spray water on a hot engine since sudden temperature changes can cause serious damage. Also you can get serious burns from hot engine parts. Next, cover critical parts of engine with plastic bags and rubber band to protect them from water and other liquids. Either cover the air intake and filter or remove it and cover the opening. Protect electrical components like distributor, coil. alternator, and fuse box. Use rubber bands to seal the bags around the components. Check the oil filler cap, the power steering filler cap, oil dip stick, etc. to make sure they are tight. After everything is sealed up, spray the engine, accessories and surrounding components with a high quality non-petroleum-based degreaser that will not harm the paint. After letting the degreaser work for about five minutes, use a soft brush, a paint brush works well, to loosen up the crud. Respray with degreaser and rebrush if grease and grunge remains. When the entire engine and engine compartment looks pretty clean, rinse with lots of water from your garden hose. If you can, hook up to a hot water tap since hot water will do an even better job. Better yet, do the job at a do-it-yourself car wash which usually has higher pressure hot water and is set up to handle the dirty water in a more environmentally friendly way. Even though the degreaser may not contaminate the ground, the nasty stuff washed off can get into the groundwater supply and do harm. Many car washes have equipment specifically for cleaning engines. If you want to use a degreaser that you know is safe, I only use the facility to rinse with plain, hot water. Clean the engine first and wash the vehicle after cleaning the engine compartment making sure all overspray of the degreaser is removed. Since all degreasers will remove wax, plan on rewaxing after cleaning the engine compartment. Once the engine and compartment is clean, immediately remove all plastic bags and rubber bands. Dry standing water and aluminum parts with a soft cotton towel. Start the engine and let it to warm up to dry the rest of the engine as well as evaporate any moisture that may have collected in electric parts. If you do not start the engine immediately, often moisture will seep inside parts and it now will take a long time for things to dry out. If this occurs, use an ordinary hair dry to heat ignition systemparts like distributor and coil. Once everything is dry and has completely cooled, you may want to coat hoses, weatherstripping, shields, gaskets and other rubber parts with a rubber protectant. However, do not use it on rubber belts since it could cause them to slip.

It is important to know why a Check engine light blinks. In many cars, when it blinks so many times, it is indicating a code, which is indicating the problem number for the specific car.

I had a check engin light on for years on my 99 tracker the mechanics couldn't find the problem, I bought a new gas cap (3 dollars ) it turned off and hasn't turned on since, its been four years.

The check engine light comes on and stays on when a problem is detected by the self diagnosis system of your vehicle. Generally, the problem is in the emissions or something that is affecting the effectiveness of the emissions, but other causes can trigger the light to come on, too. To determine the cause, the vehicle will need to be taken to AutoZone or a shop that has an OBD2 scanner, or for 1995 and earlier models, an OBD1 scanner, While a scanner will not give you the magic answer, it will give you a code that narrows down the problem area.

The check engine light (service engine soon) comes on and stays on when a problem is detected by the self diagnosis system of your vehicle. Generally, the problem is in the emissions or something that is affecting the effectiveness of the emissions, but other causes can trigger the light to come on, too. To determine the cause, the vehicle will need to be taken to a parts store or a shop that has an OBD2 scanner, or for 1995 and earlier models, an OBD1 scanner, While a scanner will not give you the magic answer, it will give you a code that narrows down the problem area.

The check engine light (service engine soon) comes on and stays on when a problem is detected by the self diagnosis system of your vehicle. Generally, the problem is in the emissions or something that is affecting the effectiveness of the emissions, but other causes can trigger the light to come on, too. To determine the cause, the vehicle will need to be taken to AutoZone or a shop that has an OBD2 scanner, or for 1995 and earlier models, an OBD1 scanner, While a scanner will not give you the magic answer, it will give you a code that narrows down the problem area.

Yes , as long as your oil pressure and engine temperature are fine . The check engine

light comes on when something is effecting the emissions of the vehicle .

Of course you may not be getting as good gas mileage so it's best to have it looked at

red is critical. could mean anything depends on what it looks like.

When you get a po300 code and the check engine light flashes it to let you know to turn off the enging because you are starting to damage the catalatic converter, I screwed up mine by driving it it was a bad cam sensor

Your first step will be to get the diagnostic trouble code read. That should tell you why the light is on. Some auto places will read the code for free. You can also get a code reader yourself. Your vehicle should be OBDII compliant, so you'll need to get a code reader that can do OBDII. Until you know what the code is, you can only take a guess as to the problem.

Keep in mind that it may take a high number of on/off cycles before the code will clear itself. If you have a code reader, it may have the capability to reset the code, which will save you some time. You'll then have to drive the vehicle for a while (how long varies between vehicles, but around 20 miles, or 20 minutes, or something of that nature), before the computer will complete all of its checks.

One free check that you can do is to make sure that the gas cap is on tight. If it is not (sometimes they need to click 3 times), it will turn on your check engine light. After you tighten it, it will take a number of on/off cycles before it shuts off.

A vehicles engine can run and operate just fine with a bad sensor dependin on wich one it is.. In your mini-van the cam shaft sensour is going bad.. and giving incorrect readings to the engine.

What you may consider running fine and what the engine considers, can be to really different things.

Like having hiccups.. your alright nothing wrong.. but something inside the body isn't quite working properly

There are pages and pages of things that can cause a check engine light. You need to have it checked with a scantool. Then the code can be diagnosed and repaired.

To reset a check engine light in a Suzuki Jimny, one suggestion is to disconnect the negative battery cable for 5-10 minutes in order to reset the light.

The light is on because the ECU has detected a problem with the emissions system. Have the ECU scanned with an OBD2 scan tool to retrieve the code that has been set. This code will tell you what part is being effected.

If you are asking to see if it works, then get out the handbook and look under the fuse section. Then what you want to do is locate the fuse for the control panel and emergency check engine lights. In most cars the cigarette lighter and the panel are on the same fuse. Check the fuse to see if it is blown. A blown fuse will be dark in color or appear to look broken inside. If it is blown, then you need to replace it with the same strength of fuse that you take out. If this is not what you asked then please be more specific. If you are asking about a system malfunction light in general, then please include the make, model, and yr of the vehicle, as they are somewhat different by type of vehicle.

a lot of things could. it could be as simple as you needing your oil changed. so i would take it to a shop to make sure it isn't MAJOR

There may be problems with your check engine light. You should have the fuses checked in your car to eliminate potential problems.

Usually a problem with the emission control system- have vehicle scanned to determine the problem

You need to have it checked for codes, there are many things that can turn on the check wngine light.

if you are talking about the orange light that looks like (sorta) a house, it would be a low coolant warning light. apparently, that is supposed to be a radiator.